U.S. Under-20 Women’s National Team vs. St. Lucia
2020 Concacaf Women’s U-20 Championship - Round of 16
Estadio Olimpico Felix Sanchez; Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
4 p.m. ET (Concacaf Go, Concacaf Facebook, Concacaf YouTube & TUDN)
Feb. 29, 2020
KNOCKOUT ROUND BEGINS FOR U-20 USWNT: Following a dominant showing in Group C play at the 2020 Concacaf Women’s U-20 Championship, the U.S. Under-20 Women’s National Team now heads into the Round of 16 where it will face St. Lucia on Feb. 29 (3 p.m. ET) at Estadio Olimpico Felix Sanchez, site of the USA’s first three games. The USA rolled through the group stage with nine points from its three matches, scoring 24 goals without conceding any, and capped the group with an 11-goal outburst vs. Honduras on Wednesday. In a quirk of this qualifying format, this will be the first match of the tournament for St. Lucia, which reached the Round of 16 as one of four teams to advance directly to the knockout round via a per-qualifying tournament.
Saturday’s match will be broadcast live on Concacaf Go, Concacaf Facebook, Concacaf YouTube and TUDN. Follow the U-20 WNT throughout the tournament on ussoccer.com, Twitter and Instagram.
WATCH U-20 WNT QUALIFYING: Concacaf will broadcast all matches of the 2020 Concacaf Women’s U-20 Championship on Concacaf Go, as well as its Facebook and YouTube. Additionally, all matches will be available on TUDNxtra.
The USA has never faced St. Lucia in any competition.
St. Lucia advanced directly to the Round of 16 after finishing second in pre-qualifying Group A in July.
The St. Lucia roster features three players born in 2000, three born in 2001, four born in 2002, five born in 2003, two born in 2004 and one born in 2005.
All 18 players on the St. Lucia roster are based domestically on the island, with the most, five, coming from Challengers FC.
A pair of twins represent St. Lucia in the defense, Steffany and Tiffany Allain, both playing for Black Panthers.
USA EMPHATICALLY ENDS GROUP STAGE: After two dominant victories in its first two group stage games, the USA finished Group C with a bang as it took down Honduras, 11-0. Forward Trinity Rodman netted a first half hat trick before adding a fourth in the second half to tie the U-20 record for goals in a game, a feat also matched by forward Mia Fishel in the USA’s opener vs. Cuba. Midfielder Summer Yates added a pair of goals, while Katelyn Duong and Shae Holmes nabbed their first U-20 WNT goals as well. Julia Dohle recorded her second straight shutout in the net but was not troubled during the match. The USA’s 24 goals scored in its first three games were the most of any team in the tournament, while just the U.S. and Haiti allowed zero goals during the group stage.
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2020 Concacaf Women’s U-20 Championship FINAL Group C Standings |
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Team |
GP |
W |
L |
D |
Pts. |
GF |
GA |
GD |
|
USA |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
24 |
0 |
+24 |
|
Dom. Rep. |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
7 |
4 |
+3 |
|
Cuba |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
6 |
10 |
-4 |
|
Honduras |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
24 |
-23 |
Nine players have scored for the USA at the 2020 Concacaf Women’s U-20 Championship: Mia Fishel (6), Trinity Rodman (4), Brianna Pinto (3), Summer Yates (3), Katelyn Duong, Shae Holmes, Rebecca Jarrett and Samantha Meza.
Eleven players have recorded at least one assist for the USA in this tournament: Rodman (4), Alexa Spaanstra (3), Jarrett (2), Naomi Girma (2), Duong (2), Maycee Bell, Holmes,Brianna, Martinez, Pinto, Kennedy Wesley and Yates.
The USA has recorded shutouts in its first three games at this tournament for the first time since the 2014 Concacaf Women’s U-20 Championship.
The USA’s 11 goals scored against Honduras were its fifth-most ever in a Conacaf qualifying game at this age level. The U.S. scored 15, 14 and 12 during matches in 2002 and 14 in 2004 as U-19s.
